In a recent Game Informer interview, Nintendo legends Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma were asked 51 questions (and gave 51 answers) about The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.

One of them was the burning question of many Zelda fans; does Link have a last name? And the answer is... (drum roll please)... Link! Yes, our green tunic-clad, pointy-eared protagonist is called Link Link. Miyamoto says it's because Link is not human (*gasp!* ). And oh, it's same with Mario (it's-a me, Mario Mario!).

Check out the full 4 minute interview below, it's pretty fun, with several trivia revealed by two of the gaming industry's legends:

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[migles]

Is it link link, or just link? What If it just has 1 name being both the first and last name?

 

[dronesplitter]

Link Link, Like Like

Zelda Zelda...Ganon Ganon!

 

[baselhamad]

If link is not human, so what is he? ALIEN? GENIE? WTF Miyamoto!

 

[migles]

If link is not human, so what is he? ALIEN? GENIE? WTF Miyamoto!

Hylian, in the games it even mentions lu k is Hylian

 

[Walker D]

Link Link? Link is no human? I believe they were just trolling.

huahua ..I agree

But at least they kept the same line of thought behind Mario Mario ...if that's good, I don't know lol

 

[Deleted User]

If I recall everything I've seen and played of the games, what they're reaching for is that "Link" is more along the name of an intangible entity in their world, or a Title. The characters' real names are what you atribute to them. Look back to how we're introduced to the modern iterations of those we've been calling "Link". They are just farmers, or children, or average (for their era) Teens, not legendary heroes.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Link Link? wut

 

[jerzmob]

So if he marries Zelda, she'd be Mrs. Link?

Who gets married these days[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Boured]

*weird cough noise*

Quoted from Eiji Aonuma

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

What's Link's middlename?

 

[Pluupy]

Can only imagine how this works in Ocarina of Time.

Link's Mother (struggling to live): Please...save my son..! He has a...mark on his left hand...we had to escape our pursuers...My son's name is Link....Link--"

Deku Tree: "His name is what?"

Link's Mother: -dies-

Deku Tree: "So his name is Link Link? Gotcha."

 

[Deletedmember331810]

Why is link referred to as a human in TP and SS? He is Hylian but why the human references then?

 

[Bladexdsl]

What's Link's middlename?

link mario link

 

[XDel]

I thought it was Jones?

 

[leon315]

is Link's last name is Link? bullshiiii indeed

 

[Magnus87]

NO, Not again!

 

[Noctosphere]

I thought it would be Link Mario.

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It's actually Ganondorf Dragmire.

dragmire?

 

[stomp_442]

Mario Mario?
Link Link?
Luigi .......?

 

[Noctosphere]

Mario Mario?
Link Link?
Luigi .......?

mario...
luigi mario...

 

[stomp_442]

mario...
luigi mario...

that's what I thought since they are brothers.